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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: In the Barrel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The acronym COIN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Counterintelligence.
(b) Counterinsurgency.
(c) Company ordinance, inter-agency necessity.
(d) Co-occurring incidental needs.

2. Which of the following breeds was Bo?
(a) Italian mastiff.
(b) English bulldog.
(c) Portuguese water dog.
(d) American husky.

3. The acronym BRICS carries what meaning in the memoir?
(a) Basic Random Interference in Critical Systems.
(b) Business Regulation and Industrial Circumscription Syndicate.
(c) Belligerents, Rogues, Investigators, Charlatans, Scammers.
(d) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.

4. The comment, “Your political enemies, smelling blood in the water, go after you harder” (519) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. At which of the following schools does Obama note teaching after marrying Michelle?
(a) University of Chicago Law School.
(b) John Marshall Law School.
(c) Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
(d) Loyola College School of Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Obama’s chief usher?

2. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?

3. The comment, “Others flashed a single-fingered salute” (403) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following does Obama note meeting at Normandy?

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